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mally the royal title, he prepared to march to the capital, but in the 
meantime he received the unhappy intelligence that his younger 
brother Bahadur-simh had usurped the throne. Thereupon he was 
sent to his principality with a small imperial force by the Emperor. 
On his return, a desperate fight took place between the two brothers, 
but Bahadur-simh could not be subdued. Being utterly routed he 
returned to Dehli and tried all he could to obtain fresh military 
assistance from the Emperor. But as Bahadur-simh had secured the 
aid of the Maharaja of Marvar, and the Emperor himself was too weak 
a ruler at that time to side with him, so he declined. Being greatly 
disheartened, he left Dehli and came to Braj and lived there. From 
this place he again endeavoured his utmost to gain the favour of the 
Mahrathas, and after a short time he sent his son Sardar-simh with their 
army into Rajputana. Thus Sardar-simh, by the co-operation of the 
Mahrathas, regained the Raj of Krsnagarh. Then, in V. S. 1814, he 
proceeded to his capital and having placed his son, Sardar Simb, upon 
the throne, on the 10th Acvina <pudi, he finally returned to Brindaban 
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to devote himself to the duties of asceticism. What a pity it is, that 
our poet’s reign has been both unhappy and troublesome, from the 
beginning to the end ! 
The following is a complete list of the poet’s Hindi works. I have 
very carefully compared it with the one received from the Krsnagarh 
State. All the works can be had from the State Library at Krsnagarh. 
The first fifty-seven works mentioned in the list 1 have with me. And 
the last two, namely, Baina-bilas and Gupta-ras-prak^a are not avail¬ 
able even at Krsnagarh. 
List of Works. 
1. 
Siqgar-sara or Braj-lila-pada- 
15. 
Phaga-bilasa. 
prasaqga. 
16. 
Grisam-bihara. 
2. 
G opi-prema-praka 9 a. 
37. 
Pavasa-pacisi. 
3. 
Pada-prasaijga-mala. 
18. 
Gopi-baina- bilasa. 
4. 
Braj-vaikunth-tula. 
19. 
Rasa-rasa-lata. 
5. 
Braj-sara. 
20. 
Raina-rupa-rasa. 
6. 
Biliara-candrika. 
21. 
pita-sara. 
7. 
Bhor-lila. 
22. 
Ishq-ciman. 
8. 
Prata-rasa-manjari. 
23. 
Majlis-mandan. 
9. 
Bh5jan-anand-astaka. 
24. 
Aril-astaka. 
10. 
Jugala-rasa-manjan. 
25. 
Sada ki mSjha. 
11. 
Phula-bilasa. 
2ti. 
Barkha ki mSjlia. 
12. 
Godhan-agamana. * 
2.7. 
Hori ki mijha. 
13. 
Dohn-anand. 
28. 
K rsna-j an mo tsa v a- ka vi t ta. 
14. 
Lagan-ast aka. 
29. 
Piiya-janmotsava-kuvitta. 
